In the novel, Our America by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman makes us connect to today’s society and ourselves. Our American novel illustrates two strong young men facing struggles and surviving tragedies. Throughout the novel, we come across pictures that evokes their stories sufferings and deaths. My feelings and reactions towards my chapter and the whole book are indignant and crestfallen. While reading chapter three I realized that I could not relate to LeAlan and Lloyd situations at school in some parts. As making a text to self I can honestly say that school was never a dangerous place for me. There would be times when I would go walking by myself from school to home and will never feel unsafe. I could not probably say the same thing when …show more content…
Throughout the novel, we are introduced to the principal of the school and she mentioned that students know more about sex, shooting, and gang banging than she does. At a very young age students at their school see more things that other students from probably other neighborhoods or schools do not see on daily bases. This illustrates that students did not take their education seriously because they didn’t see the point in studying or because it was to risking to go to school when you know there could be shots. I would say that this chapter connects back to the whole book and today's society because people who see a danger in any situation tend to freak out and not do anything about it. The two main characters in the book are known to be very intelligent. The principal mentions that they could do even more in school to become achievers. As being a student it is sometimes difficult to believe in oneself, but principal Tolson states “ And we have difficulty convincing you that we believe in you, that we don’t believe that you will grow up to be members of gangs. That you can achieve anything that you want to achieve. We have to convince you of that every day. And don’t believe that we believe you’re